Chapter 16 Departure to Sapphire Island
When Chen Qing woke up, the clock on the wooden cabinet next to the bed was pointing to seven.
Sleeping from 3 a.m. to 7 a.m., four hours of deep sleep was enough for her.
Without any hesitation, she threw off the covers and got out of bed. She changed into a new work vest, washed her face, and brushed her teeth. The cool water hitting her face made her feel much more awake.
All you need is a seawater purifier or a fishing net/rod machine to exchange for a large amount of ordinary daily necessities.
There are still many things to do today, and Chen Qing always feels that there is never enough time in the day.
Moreover, since they were setting off today to take Dahlia to Sapphire Island, Chen Qing needed to find out her current location as soon as possible.
Fortunately, she is now employed as an apprentice mechanic, and can try to see if she can find other jobs.
There are ten levels for apprentice mechanics. Once you have enough experience at level ten, you can move on to the next stage.
The promotion process for other professions is similar.
Chen Qing took out all the job change scrolls and items from the box and began the job change process one by one.
Fortunately, this world does not prohibit survivors from taking on multiple jobs, and the system notification sound rang in Chen Qing's ears.
Survivor Chen Qing has already taken up the positions of apprentice navigator, apprentice medic, apprentice cook, apprentice shipwright, apprentice combatant, apprentice farmer, and sailor.
Survivor Chen Qing has learned G-level skills: Unreliable Navigation, Crude Map Drawing, Half-baked Medical Skills, and Random Medicine Making.
The food is not deadly, but the ingredients are poorly prepared and the nutritional balance is lacking.
Garbage shipbuilding, leak-proof ship repair, useless ship maintenance.
A knife skill that can't kill, crops that leave you half-dead, and livestock that won't starve.
Survivor Chen Qing has learned the E-rank skill, "Odd Jobs".
[Survivor Chen Qing learns passive basics—Climate Affinity, Wood Affinity, Weapon/Knife Affinity, Plant Affinity, Soil Affinity, and Cleaning Tool Affinity.]
[Ding—Survivor Chen Qing has learned E-level medical skills and knife skills. His mediocre medical skills and ineffective knife skills will be converted into professional experience.]
"..."
A large amount of knowledge was poured into Chen Qing's mind. Having experienced the mental disturbance from the ghost ship before, Chen Qing did not even change his expression this time and quickly accepted and digested this knowledge.
However, these skills... Chen Qing had thought they would differ from those of a mechanic, but he hadn't expected them to be this different.
Besides the sailors' odd jobs.
It's probably because Chen Qing had accumulated a lot of experience before becoming an apprentice mechanic that he was able to achieve such great success.
Although the skills I learned weren't great, Chen Qing was a reliable person, and that was enough.
What's more, there's also a god-level one—the sailor's handyman!
Don't underestimate this odd job skill; it's much more than just cleaning ships.
Its second half of the skill description is "[Assisting the crew members on board to complete their work.]", and it is also the only E-rank skill.
This skill is commonly known as being a jack-of-all-trades, master of none.
With Chen Qing's addition of it, the skills that were originally not very reliable became somewhat reliable.
When you change your class to a combatant, you can choose a weapon you specialize in; Chen Qing chose a knife.
She had previously confiscated quite a few black knives from the Black Knife Pirates, and she was quite adept at using them.
After settling down his career and skills, Chen Qing pushed open the door and went out.
"Hmm—"
Chen Qing turned her head away to cover her eyes. The impossibly clean deck seemed to reflect the sunlight, making it hard to open her eyes.
In the corner, a small, thin figure was diligently scrubbing the floor with a deck scrubber.
"You're awake?!"
Dahlia looked up in surprise at Chen Qing standing at the door. Her forehead was covered in sweat, but her face was beaming with a bright smile.
"..."
Chen Qing raised an eyebrow slightly; this child was completely different from yesterday.
From a thin, gloomy, and pitiful little wolf cub, she transformed into... a sunny young woman.
The difference is quite significant.
"Um... I don't dare touch anything in the kitchen, I can only help you clean it up."
Dahlia scratched her hair a little embarrassedly, then held the floor brush and lowered her head.
"It's alright, thank you for your help. What would you like for breakfast today?"
Chen Qing walked to the kitchen, reached down to take the apron off the wall and tied it on, then quickly began to prepare the ingredients.
I have a lot of work to do today, so every meal has to be filling.
"I'm fine with anything!"
Dahlia's little face was rosy and she looked full of energy.
About half an hour later, Chen Qing brought breakfast to the table.
She also prepared some of the ingredients for lunch and dinner.
Although an apprentice chef's skills are limited to cooking that won't kill people and handling bad ingredients, Chen Qing is a living, breathing human being.
Her past memories and experiences were enough to enable her to cook a delicious and visually appealing meal.
After the meal, Chen Qing took out his professional-grade map and compass and placed them on the dining table.
"Dalia, do you know roughly where we are right now?"
Chen Qing asked softly.
"All I know is that Black Knife and the others were originally going to take me to Wind Island."
Dahlia, who was washing dishes, paused, and said in a muffled voice.
"Wind Island..."
Chen Qing quickly circled a location on the map; Dalia was found on the slave island.
On their way to Sapphire Island, the pirates protecting Dahlia were all killed, and then they encountered the Black Knife Pirates.
"The Black Knife Pirates...Wind Island..."
Chen Qing tapped the map with the tip of his pen; Wind Island and Sapphire Island were in different directions.
She quickly determined their approximate location; the nearest island to them on the map was a place called the Pink Sand Islands.
She knew little about the world, and Dahlia, a former slave, knew just as little.
Therefore, Chen Qing did not intend to go there. She planned to turn the ship around and head towards Sapphire Island at full speed!
Based on the current wind direction, wind speed, and ocean currents, if the ship travels at full speed, it should reach Sapphire Island in about four days.
The premise is that no other problems arise in the process and the current external conditions can be maintained.
Chen Qing put away the map and quickly went to the deck to prepare to weigh anchor and set sail.
There were only Chen Qing and Daliya on the entire ship. Daliya was still a thin and weak child, so Chen Qing had to take on most of the work himself.
Fortunately, her physical fitness has been enhanced, and she can basically complete these tasks on her own.
Whether it's setting sail or taking the helm, Chen Qing doesn't think he can't handle it.
In fact, she can do it all by herself.
However, it would be best to further improve physical fitness.
Standing on the ship's wheel platform, Chen Qing looked at the sails of the Black Knife pirate ship fluttering in the wind and thought she needed to replace them.
Not only that, the entire pirate ship needs to be completely remodeled to serve only her!
As for now... Let's set off for Sapphire Island!
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